I used the Elegant Notes from page 168 of the Idea Book & Catalog as well as the Masterpiece Ribbon Originals to create this candle holder. It is very easy to make and looks really neat when there is a tealight candle inside. Now I'm going to put in a little warning, as with any candle, you need to be very careful with the flame, especially inside this cardstock box! Do you see the neat shape the light is casting behind the handle holder? Isn't that pretty cool? Come back tomorrow to see more ways to use these same supplies and a kit I'm going to offer! Continue reading
Handmade Christmas Tree Ornaments
I made a couple new ornaments for my little Christmas tree today. A month or so ago I bought some foam craft balls from a yard sale. I used the Trio Flower Punch to punch little flowers out of Bravo Burgundy and Pretty in Pink cardstock. The flowers are attached to the foam ball with straight pins. This was easy to make, just took a little time and a bunch of pins. Here's another Christmas Bulb. To make this I simply used a clear glass bulb (once again something I found at a yard sale) and some Merry Moments DSP. All I did was take the top off the ornament, wrap strips of DSP around a Continue reading
Handmade Christmas Tree Ornaments
Welcome back for the last day of the Holiday Blog Tour! This is the last day to leave a comment to be entered for my prize drawing! I have had several of you ask about a tutorial for the Gift Tag Box I showed you the first day. I am going to make that tutorial for you next week. I typically post every day to my blog so I hope you will check back next week to see the tutorial and more. (I'd tell you an exact day but I just don't know yet . . . sorry!) So far on this tour I have showed you gift tags and some gift ideas, now we just need a tree under which to place these items! Continue reading
Handmade Christmas Gifts for the Holiday Blog Tour
Welcome back for day 4 of the Holiday Blog Tour! Don't forget to leave a comment and I'll enter you into the drawing for a small gift! You can print a Stampin' Up! Wish List right from here if you'd like too. Yet again I have a gift giving idea for you. If you haven't seen my other gift ideas be sure to page down and check them out! Today's gift is for pampering. We all know someone who should take a little time to pamper themselves. I've been saving IBC Cream Soda bottles for a little while knowing I wanted to do some fun project . . . just had to decide what! (Please tell me I'm not Continue reading
Holiday Gift Tag Set
Welcome to Stamp That and the Holiday Blog Tour! I hope you enjoy the items I am going to share with you during this tour and that you'll leave a quick comment. I will be choosing 2 people who leave comments during the 4 days of the tour (September 10th-14th) to receive a small gift from me. The first project I would like to share is a collection of Christmas gift tags. This handmade box contains 8 3"x3" cards with envelopes and 20 gift tags. All of these goodies are bundled together in a box I made out of Real Red cardstock and an overhead transparency for the lid. Because of the Continue reading
Handmade Box of Hand-stamped Cards
I totally forgot to show you this box I made before going on vacation. What was I thinking? I wanted to give a set of cards as part of a wedding shower gift and I thought I'd make a box to put them in. The base of the box is made out of Brushed Gold Cardstock on which I stamped the large swirly from the Wedding Sweet stamp set using Gold Encore Ink. For the top of the box I used an overhead transparency so the lid is transparent. The cards are very simple and yet elegant. It's not very often that I make cards without any layers but this is one of those times. The cards are Whisper White Continue reading
God's Beautiful Butterfly Pin
Here's a work in progress . . . that's all I'm going to say! I'll show you more when it's done! Continue reading
Desktop Scrap Paper Holder
One last project to share made by one of my nieces. This is a Scratch Pad set made by the oldest for on her desk at home. She actually went through and stamped on each and every sheet of paper in the set. The Designer Paper and ribbon you see is from the retired Sale-A-Bration options last spring and then the butterflies were cut using the Stampin' Up! Exclusive Beautiful Butterfly die. Way to go girl! Continue reading
Stampin' Jewelry with Rustic Rooster
My nieces and I have been creating again! Perhaps some of you have seen the necklace I wear at times that I stamped with the Pick a Petal stamp set or perhaps you attended the Christmas gift class last year when we made this same necklace. These necklaces are a lot of fun to make with Shrinky Dink and Stazon Ink. You can find Shrinky Dink at craft stores such as Michael's. Stampin' Up! used to sell Shrinky Dink at one point, however, we no longer carry it. I decided to help my nieces make themselves each a necklace. The process is very simple, you stamp with Stazon Ink onto Shrinky Dink Continue reading
DSP Covered Chipboard Box
My nieces are staying with me for a little break and they're always wanting to make a craft. Guess they came to the right place!! This is a chipboard box one of the girls covered. For the base of the box she coated it with Always Artichoke Craft ink. The top of the box is covered in Always Artichoke Patterns DSP which was part of the hostess DSP pack in the last catalog. In case you're interested, I purchased this little box at Walmart last summer. I believe I have seen these same boxes there recently as well. If you would like to leave a comment for my niece I will be sure to pass Continue reading
Chocolate Chip Treat Boxes
How closely have you studied the new Idea Book & Catalog? Have you noticed the Treat Boxes on page 159? These boxes are so simple to make and you can get 5 of them for just $3.95! Really, they could be used just as they are but as stampers . . . of course we have to dress them up a little! Do you give cookies or fudge away at Christmas? How about a little treat for someone in a nursing home or a coworker? These little bags are the perfect solution for those with busy schedules who want to do a little something special for someone else! At the Boxes & Bags class we used Brocade Continue reading
Having Fun at Boxes & Bags Class
We had a lot of fun at Boxes and Bags Class tonight! Enough fun we just might have another one sometime with different box and bag designs! Here you can see one of the projects we did, a Christmas stocking box using the Merry Moments DSP. Stay tuned in the next couple days for pictures of more of the projects we made. Continue reading